The Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province are a marine biodiversity hotspot and a divers' paradise.

Being chased by a fish with sharp teeth seems like something out of a cartoon, but it was a reality for one Alabama man who was bitten on the leg during a dive off the coast of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

There’s something very fishy about this friendship. A man has befriended a freshwater smallmouth bass in the wild — and now they meet up every summer. Rex Colubra was on a dive in September 2021 when ...

Funding sustained, effective management of marine protected areas is one of ocean conservation's most stubborn problems. Now, ...

Wild fish can recognize individual human divers, reveals new research. They use visual differences between divers to recognize a person who rewards them, say scientists. Divers at a research station ...

These versatile birds thrive in the air and sea. With their six-foot long wingspan, gannets can hover, glide, soar and dive. With folded wings, they torpedo down to depths of 20 feet or more to snatch ...

When people think of snorkeling or scuba diving, they typically picture warm, clear waters which beautiful conditions, filled with an array of colorful fish. Many people don’t think of the water ...

Sharks typically eat fish, not people. That’s what shark lovers across South Florida want people to understand, and they’re working hard to change what they consider to be the unfair bad reputation of ...

University of Cambridge biologist Andrew Gillis studies the embryos of elephant fish, distant relatives of sharks with long, trunklike snouts. But how, exactly, do you get an elephant fish embryo? You ...